Paul Noel Fiorino

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Fiorino first ran for office in 2006 where he attempted to become an independent candidate for Governor of Colorado alongside Heather Anne McKibben. He attempted to email media outlets, complaining about the lack of reporting given to minor candidates, he was not invited to a gubernatorial debate. [13] [14] Fiorino later said that he was first called to run for office because of budget cuts to arts in public schools. [3] On election day, Fiorino received less than 1%, however, he was the first independent candidate to ever appear on a Colorado gubernatorial ballot. [5] [15]

2022 Colorado gubernatorial campaign

The Unity Party of Colorado nominated Fiorino alongside Cynthia Munhos de Aquino Sirianni for Governor of Colorado in 2022. [16] [17] He was endorsed by the Colorado Music and Business Organization and fellow perennial candidate Gary Swing, who won 5% in the 2016 United States Senate election in Arizona. [18] [19]

2024 presidential campaign

Fiorino was nominated by the Unity Party of America over Google Meet on April 6, 2024. The party is broadly centrist and supports a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution, the elimination of the federal income tax, and Congressional term limits. [20] However, the ballot-qualifies Unity Party of Colorado rejected Fiorino as their nominee, choosing to nominate Socialist Cornel West by a margin of 95%-5% at their nominating convention. [1]

Other elections

Fiorino has been a candidate for Mayor of Denver and Denver City Council, most recently in 2023 as a write-in candidate. [3] He has also run in every Colorado gubernatorial election since 2006. [3] In 2014, Fiorino was invited to a debate that included the Democratic and Republican nominees. [21]

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Fiorino in 2010
President of the Golden Triangle Museum District
Assumed office
2008